logistic
Noun plurallogistics
Plurallogistics
- 1Having to do with logistics, the work of moving and supplying people and things.
Moving the whole school to a new building was a big logistic job.
The company hired a new manager to fix its logistic problems.
Note
- 2In statistics, having to do with the logistic function and the curve it makes.
The logistic curve starts flat, rises quickly, then flattens out again.
She used a logistic model to guess which team would win.
Note
- 3In math, a logistic function, or a drawing of its curve on a graph.
The teacher drew a logistic on the board to show how the numbers grew.
When we put our data on the graph, it made a neat logistic.
Note
- 4Having to do with logic that uses symbols, the way math does.
The professor wrote the logistic signs for "and" and "or" on the board.
The book teaches a logistic way of checking arguments with symbols.
Note
- 5Having to do with simple math, like adding and dividing.
The first lessons were logistic ones: adding, taking away, multiplying and dividing.
The clerk passed a logistic test of simple sums before he got the job.
Note
- 6Good at doing sums and working with numbers.
Note
- 7In the right share or size compared with something else.
Note
- 8Using fractions based on sixty, like the minutes and seconds of an hour.
The old star tables used logistic fractions, counting in sixties.
He wrote the answer as a logistic number, in minutes and seconds of a degree.
Note
- 9The skill of doing sums and working with numbers.
Note
- 10Math done by counting in sixties, as with minutes and seconds.
The old star charts were worked out in logistic, counting by sixties.
The astronomer taught his students logistic so they could split each degree into sixty parts.
Note
Showing meanings only.
Practice
Can you tell the meanings of logistic apart? Answer 3 quick questions from this page, or write your own sentence and AI will check it.
Origins
From French logistique, from an old Greek word meaning "good at arithmetic" or "rational". The math sense was named in French in 1845.
From French logistique, which comes from French words for lodging.